Some Christians shifting attitudes toward gays

6:02 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Written by

Tom Krattenmaker

"This is a new season," declares Exodus International President Alan Chambers, who has shut down his controversial gay-to-straight conversion ministry and apologized for the hurt the program inflicted. In the weeks following Chambers' bombshell, the Supreme Court has issued rulings accelerating this change of season for gay rights in America, and same-sex marriage advocates are gearing up for new drives in Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Oregon.

For conservative Christians, the people who have fought gay rights the hardest and have wagered a good deal of their religion's ...